UCLA has produced noted thinkers such as Jim Morrison, Troy Aikman and Kareem but James Franco  may be in a league of his own.  What will he write his Yale Ph.D. thesis on? Will he join UCLA’s faculty in a few years?  Â
Now, can a Ph.D. become a movie star? I’m still waiting to be discovered as the next Tarantino.  Celebrities can be scholars. Brian May  , of Queen fame, is a much better physicist than I am.